Picker for looms



Patented Aug. 27, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFr-icE.f-

MORITZ LIEBSCHNER, OF GUNNEBSDORF, LTE-AR FRANKENBERG, GERMANY, AS-

SIGNOR TO THE FIRM FEED. LIEBSCHNER & SOHN, F FRANKENBERG. I. SA.; GER#v MANY.

PICKER FOR LOOMS.

Application filed April 5, 1927, Serial No. 181,206,- and in GermanyNovember 1, 1926.

The pickers, commonly used in connection with cloth'` sillrand otherlooms present the inconvenience that in the picker-head a plug is1 fixedby metal rivets so that, when the '5 p u stri es onto the pointed end ofthe shuttle, the picker cannot be used anymore as the xshuttle would bedamaged so that the Warps break.

To avoid this inconvenience it has been proposed to make the pickersfrom apie'ce of leather and to produce the head by upsetting.

According to the invention the 4plug is fitted with a leather edgeengaging with an in- 16 cision in theleather envelope and held in thismanner. Leather rivets are further driven in to prevent distortion. 'Ihe picker head is made entirely of leatherA so that it runs silently.in' the shuttle box While the 20 commonly used pickers with metal rivetscaused shocks owing to the rivet heads striking on the shuttle box.

In order Vto make the picker, which is more durable at the head than thecommonly used pickers, more durable also at the point on which thebatting arm acts, i. e. at the point of fixation' where premature'tearing o theA ickers happens fre uently as the dressed buffalo-hide isoften rittle, an insertion of V'-min'eral tanned leather is arranged 'inthe xingpart wound around the spindle.

. l A picker improved according to the invenj has been Worn so that theiron rivet` tion is shown, by Way of example, inthe aceompanyingdrawing, in Fig'. l in side elevation, the head being partlybrokenFaWay.

ably of leather, and engaging with a cavity 4. 40 l inthe material ofthe head 2. Two leather rivets 5 serve to prevent distortion of the plugl. In the fixationpart 6 an insertion 7 of mineral tanned leather isarranged, inorder to improve the durability ofA this part. The insertion7 surrounds the hole 8 designed to receive the spindle.

I claim:-

A picker for looms consisting of a main part of several layers ofleather having a 50 cavity anda ring-shaped groove, an insertion plugmade of a strip of leather Wound up inserted in said cavity of said mainpart and having a Wide 10W rim inserted into the ring-shaped groove ofsaid main part, and of several boltsmade of wound up strips of leatherand extending transversely throu h said main part and insertion plugfixing said .insertion'plug in said main part so that the striking-powerpf the pickeris transmitted 60.

from theshuttle 'point tol the strap only by connecting elements ofleather.,

v Intestimony whereof I aix my si ature.

' MORITZ LIEBSC R.

